God, that’s awful. When did things start to change? What was the turning point?

The funny story is that it all started with a bet. I use to wear a full face of make-up to cover my vitiligo for two years straight during my junior and senior years of high school. My friend and I made a deal that if he stopped altering his hair colour, I would stop wearing make-up to cover my vitiligo right after graduating. It was so drastic, and there wasn’t even a period of gradually wearing less make-up. On my first day of college, I just went outside bare-faced.

What helped you on the journey to accepting your vitiligo?

It definitely helped seeing other women with vitiligo. It helped me to feel some form of normalcy with my condition, building up my self-confidence again after years of feeling like the odd one out.

“I faced bullying for vitiligo, but now I love my skin”